Proverbs 25:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel;

Cross References

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

Proverbs 25:3

Like the heavens for height, like the earth for depth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 26:23

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.

Ezekiel 22:18

Mortal, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver, bronze, tin, iron, and lead. In the smelter they have become dross.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.